Industry projects and sponsorships

The VIP Program provides opportunities for collaboration between industry partners and Purdue faculty and students. The multidisciplinary and vertically integrated (first-year students through seniors) teams and long-term participation of students allow for multiple benefits for the industry partner, which include opportunities to:

  • Engage Purdue faculty and students over multiple semesters on value-added projects 
  • Enhance your recruiting efforts, gain access to new talent early in their academic careers, and increase brand recognition 
  • Support projects which require Non-Disclosure Agreements and/or assignment of Intellectual Property 

Opportunities

Industry partners and mentors can be involved as much or as little as you are able:

  • Propose a real-world project from industry and provide project context
  • Serve as a project reviewer (~monthly)
  • Provide mentorship on a project (~weekly)

All VIP industry teams will also be co-instructed by a Purdue lecturer or faculty member.

Project and program sponsorship 

Don't have a specific project, but want to support VIP? You can sponsor a VIP team or the program through annual monetary gifts:

  • Team: $5,000
  • Program: $10,000

Benefits

Industry project and program sponsorship benefits

  • Recognition on the VIP website and in the annual report
  • Targeted emails sent to VIP students publicizing your on-campus events

Connect

For more information, contact:

Carla Zoltowski, director
Email: cbz@purdue.edu
Phone: 765-494-2382